τέρας, τό:
genitive Epic dialect αος (not in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus or 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus)] Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect εος [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.37 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, nominative Epic dialect τέραα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.394 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect τέρεα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus [same place], τεράᾰτᾰ 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 604, 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 5.43; τέρᾱ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1410, but τέρᾰ 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 186; τέρα (quantity not stated) _Attic dialect_ _accusative_ to Moer. p.369 P.,compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1343 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; genitive Epic dialect τεράων [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.229, τερέων 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 155; _Attic dialect_ τερῶν _accusative_ to Moer.[same place], Thom.Mag. p.348 R.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; dative Epic dialect τεράεσσι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.398, +others; later τέρασι LXX.Deu.26.8, +others: the forms τέρατ-ος, -ι, -α, -ων are Hellenistic, Moer. pp.366,369 P., Thom.Mag. p.348 R. (τέρατα LXX.Exo.4.21, +others, τεράτωνLXX.Psa.104(105).27)] LXX+8th c.BC+]; genitive singular τέρως variant in [[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.26.3: lengthened for the sake of meter τείρεα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.485 (= “IG” 42(1).129.9), 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 692, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1362; τείρεσιν “hymnus ad Martem” 7; later τείρεσσι “IG” 14.2461.11 (from Massilia)] Refs 8th c.BC+]:— sign, wonder, marvel, portent, ἡμῖν μὲν τόδ᾽ ἔφηνε τ. Ζεύς [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.324 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ᾐτέομεν δὲ θεὸν φῆναι τ. [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.173; τοῖσιν.. θεοὶ τέραα προὔφαινον 12.394; τέρας ἧκε Κρόνου πάϊς 21.415 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ζεὺς δ᾽ Ἔριδα προΐαλλε.., πολέμοιοτ. μετὰ χερσὶν ἔχουσαν a sign of coming battle, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.4 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially of signs in heaven, ἀστέρα ἧκε Κρόνου πάϊς.., ναύτῃσι τ[[. 4.76; ἴρισσιν ἐοικότες, ἅς τε Κρονίων ἐν νέφεϊ στήριξε τ. μερόπων ἀνθρώπων 11.28, compare 17.548 ] Refs]; and with passive Verbs, τ. φανήτω [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.101 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—so always when the first syllable is lengthened, [[see above:—also in Prose, ἢν δὲ χειμῶνος βροντὴ γένηται, ὡς τέρας θωμάζεται 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.28, compare 6.98; τ. πέμπειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.4.15; ἐφάνη 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.57; ἐπιγίνεταί σφι τέρεα [prev. author] 8.37, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 744, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.73, etc.; frequently in “NT”, σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα NT.Mark.13.22, +others ] NT+8th c.BC+]